@_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 9 months agoWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?message-square123fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1491arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?@_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square123fedilinkfile-text
this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?
minus-square@Windex007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish54•9 months agoDON’T COPY THAT FLOPPY!! This argument is only a “gotcha” if it was permissible use, but it wasn’t, even before CDs.
minus-squarePopSharklinkfedilinkEnglish13•9 months agoNot very fun fact: The developer from that video got arrested for cp possession
minus-square@Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish12•9 months agoYou’re totally right, that’s not fun at all!
minus-square@SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoI think you are referring to rules in the USA. In Canada, we have ‘fair dealing’ laws that would allow you to rip your CD and sell it. In part, this is already funded by a levy on blank CDs here.
DON’T COPY THAT FLOPPY!!
This argument is only a “gotcha” if it was permissible use, but it wasn’t, even before CDs.
Not very fun fact: The developer from that video got arrested for cp possession
You’re totally right, that’s not fun at all!
You rather had them walk free? /S
I’m back, it’s me DP
I think you are referring to rules in the USA. In Canada, we have ‘fair dealing’ laws that would allow you to rip your CD and sell it. In part, this is already funded by a levy on blank CDs here.